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J. B. JEWELL. Flue Stopper.

No. 231,227. Patented Aug. 17,1880.

N. PETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTONv D c.

STATES UNITED PATENT OFFICE...

JOHN B. JEWELL, OF GARROLLTON, MISSOURI.

FLUE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,227, dated August17, 1880.

Application filed July 6, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. JEwELL, of Oarrollton, Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Flue Stoppers or Covers;and I hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings,making part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents aperspective view. Fig. 2 shows a plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 is asectional view.

My invention relates to covers for closing the openings left in linesafter the removal of the stove-pipes therefrom; and it consists in anovel construction of a spring fastened to the cover and arranged tospread or expand after entering the flue, pressing against the inside,and thus holding the cover in place, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de scribe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary (No model.)

cap or cover, having secured to its inside a wire, B, bent out about aninch, as at a, at right angles to the face of the cover, then bent to aplane at b, parallel with the cover, until near the periphery of thecover, when it is bent into a circular spring, having its free end 0bent and hooked over the bend b, as shown in Fig. 1.

By this construction the free end of the ring may be pressed inward, andthe ring be drawn in or contracted, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to fit itreadily and close any size flue.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a flue cover or stopper constructed asdescribed, and consisting of the cap or cover A, provided with circularwire clasp or fastening B, having its free end hooked over the bend b,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN BARNETT JEWELL.

Witnesses:

J AS. 0. ANDERSON, WM. D. FOSTER.

